To see what I'm talking about, open a file via the ACR plug-in and click on the fly-out menu (circle with a triangle on the right next to Settings) and select Preferences. If your 'Save image settings in:' is set to 'Sidecar “.xmp” files', then whenever you open and process a camera raw file via the ACR plug-in, an accompanying .xmp file will be created. Okay, so we know how these files are generated, but what are they? One thing to try for fun is to open these .xmp files in a text editor. You'll see a bunch of Metadata represented and some other fun stuff. These .xmp files are records of how you processed your file. After the files have been generated, if you re-open your original camera raw file, those settings will be re-applied. These .xmp files will also update how your thumbnails are viewed in the File Browser, for instance. Want to start over from scratch, simply move or delete that .xmp file.
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Posted by: david Schmidt | February 10, 2006 at 02:24 PM
No matter what I do, Bridge or Photoshop will always make a .xmp file. I don't want those. Any suggestions how to prevent them from coming into existence?
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Posted by: snoep | March 22, 2006 at 10:22 AM
a-hah! thanks for the lightbulb moment!
Posted by: AlissaE | May 08, 2006 at 07:05 PM
I would like to know how to stop CS2 from making xmp files when I open in raw
Posted by: Denis Colman | November 27, 2006 at 07:33 AM
is there anyway to have them stored in a central location as opposed to next to the file. very untidy.
and perhaps to automatically delete from that location when the file is deleted and burn if the image is backed up on dvd/cd?
useful post all-round, btw.
Posted by: Kerwin | April 07, 2007 at 02:29 PM
Will I lose all data if I delete the xmp file? How can I submit Raw images with all metadata without having to submit the xmp file?
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You could convert the RAW file to DNG format and it will include the XMP data.
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I've seen that function before in my camera and I passed on fiddling with it since I knew nothing about it and didn't want to screw up my new camera (for the second time). Thanks for the tip.
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When I first using and shooting RAW I just noticed this .XMP file upon exporting and converting the RAW files. Upon searching DPP there's no such topic talking about what really it is all about.
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